Hermana Rachel Ruth Peters

April, 1, 2015

Hello family,

Sorry that i am two days late emailing.. Our pday got changed because we went to the temple today :) Yes we went to the temple. It is so amazing to me how i can walk into the temple and feel right at home. It is something that i didn't really understand until coming here, the great feeling of being at home in the temple. I thought and prayed for every single one of you in the temple, because being in the temple, you cant help but think about your family. I hope you all know how much i love you. I feel so blessed to have a family that is strong in the gospel, that is FOREVER.

This week was really good, and i learned soo much. I am lovin being able to train, because it is giving me the chance to remember all the little things that are so important in the mission. To make sure that i am ALWAYS being a missionary that my companion can look up to, and serving with all my heart. I caught myself a few times this past week feeling down as appointments were falling, but then when i looked over at my companion, seeing her face, knowing she felt the same way, maybe even worse, i hurried and change my attitude to help her feel better. Sunday night we were praying together and i heard her start to cry. Sunday was a hard day because we didn't have anyone investigators at church, and then that night had a very interesting talk with a man that is atheist. So easy to say that it was a hard day. So after our prayers i leaned over to hug her and we talked for a bit. She said, "Hermana, i didn't know that the mission was going to be so hard." awww poor thing. We talked a lot that night about the Atonement.

Mom this week i got a whole big stack of letters from December that my zone leaders in guanacaste forgot to give to me... haha so i finally got your cute calender!! :) thank you soo much!! i love it!! I also got your talks that helped me so much this past week.

This week in Costa Rica is Semana Santa or Holy Week, which means all the Catholics have their big crosses up in the yards with a big purple piece of material that hangs around it. I guess that on Sunday, everyone will change the purple ribbon thing to a white one to remember Christ. Everyone here doesn't have school this week or work, like you guys on Spring Break, but here is is for semana santa. So that means that most of our investigators left for Guanacaste... But it also means that there are families that are all home together! We just need to search for them :) haha

So with Easter and all right now we are focusing a lot on the resurrection of Christ, telling everyone and anyone we see that Christ Lives. It has made me think a lot about my Savior Jesus Christ, and how amazing He is. That we have Him here with us, everyday, every second, all we need to do is not leave Him. He won´t ever leave us, only we can leave Him. It is soo sad to see broken hearts, and families falling apart, because they are leaving Christ. He LIVES. and is here with us. Don't let anything, anyone, or any situation take you away from Christ. He is the light and the life of the world, and the way we can make it back to our Father in Heaven. Oh how amazing is this gospel, and my older brother Jesus Christ. I wish that everyone could feel the way i feel, and am working so hard everyday to help them at least have a glimpse of His love. Maybe the slam the door in my face, or lie right to me, but hopefully their hearts our open enough to at least see the love of Christ the i am trying to hard to shine.

We are seeing soo many miracles here, with people that are wanting to listen to us, and wanting to get baptized. I know that it is because of our faith and diligence in the work. I have been saying a lot of prayers lately to be directed in where i need to go, and i know that I am being guided in every footstep.

Well i love you all so much and hope that everyone has a wonderful week this week! Be safe in all of your adventures, and remember that i love you all, but more importantly, that your Heavenly Father loves you :)

LOVE,

Hermana Peters

oh and it was sooo fun seeing your pictures on Sunday. Ya i was soooo shocked to see Lexi in my sacrament meeting... haha but was a fun surprise :) love you all!!